City Hall Sheffield 25th September 1983

 

Not London, but Sheffield for this 'Warriors' tour gig. Reasonable sounding audience recording.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-tOrrL1e2qW

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-2u7NvF8dqS

Hammersmith Odeon Warriors Review (New Musical Express 29th October 1983)

A rare appearance of Numan in the pages of New Musical Express as the editors consented to include a live review of one of the Warriors dates in London. Perhaps unsurprisingly I am left wondering 'Why did they bother?' NME hated Numan in 1979 and there was no discerning shift in that position come 1983. Do not expect any insightful thoughts on the gig... you have been warned.

There is no way of telling which of the three nights the NME reviewer attended, but the Hammersmith gig of 13th October, part of which was broadcast by BBC Radio 1, as part of their 'In Concert' series can be located here.

New Musical Express 29th October 1983

Park West Theatre Chicago 8th November 1982

It's strange to think that on this day, Numan's birthday, he turns 68 years of age. That means that I am kicking at the door of 60 myself. Taking the anniversary thing one step further it will be 44 years in September since the release of 'I, Assassin', which he toured in the US playing 19 dates in all. This gig from the Park West Theatre in Chicago was the last night of that tour. 

It is a pity that the material from the 'Dance'/'I, Assassin' period never got much of an airing in the UK (exceptions being, from memory, 'Stories' (Teletour) and 'She's Got Claws', 'Cry The Clock Said' and a 'Metal'/'Moral' hybrid (Wembley). I guess having gone high profile with his retirement pronouncements of the previous year, which an ever hostile music press interpreted to be a case of 'Take the money and run', to tour the UK in 1982 would have seen Numan shredded by his detractors.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-j8qozztaQ7

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-OzW3fTVTaQ